How much RAM does MySQL Workbench use?

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MySQL allocates buffers and caches to improve performance of database operations. The default configuration is designed to permit a MySQL server to start on a virtual machine that has approximately 512MB of RAM.

What is the size of MySQL workbench?

Workbench Application Minimum Window Size. From version 5.2. 10, the MySQL Workbench application features a fixed minimum window size of 1024x768. You will not be able to manually reduce the size of the application to less than this resolution.

Is MySQL CPU or memory intensive?

Bookmark this question. Show activity on this post. We are finding that MySQL will quite often take up a lot of the CPU.

Why does MySQL use so much memory?

If you are using MEMORY tables and variable max_heap_table_size is set very high, this can also take a large memory since max_heap_table_size system variable determines how large a table can grow, and there is no conversion to on-disk format.

Does MySQL run in memory?

If your database is small enough (or if you add enough memory) your database will effectively run in memory since it your data will be cached after the first request.

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